Interstitial laser thermotherapy for liver tumours

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1033-1047

  Nikfarjam, M ^a   Christophi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FIBER; GAS EMBOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOLATED LIVER; LASER THERMOTHERAPY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEDLINE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0141518272     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4326     Document Type: Review

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